They say variety is the spice of life, and Northern Virginia-based rockicana outfit Melodime is testing that theory—in more ways than one. “We just got back from our third annual summer music camp this past August in Haiti, it was awesome,” explains vocalist Brad Rhodes of the band’s non-profit Now I Play Along Too, which... Continue Reading →
Premiere: “New Love” by The National Reserve
The National Reserve cut their teeth doing residencies in Brooklyn clubs, vying for the thinly-spread attention of each night's crowd--and they got really good at it. Their sound is already a classic, a unique rockicana blend that's all their own. "Who do they sound like?" you might ask...well, they sound like The National Reserve. Now, the band... Continue Reading →
Live Show Review: Lisa LeBlanc
Lisa LeBlanc, rockicana shredder and master of all things stringed, played her first headlining show in Nashville recently, appearing in the upstairs lounge of the City Winery. There were four players, a drum kit, microphones decorated with strings of lights in the shapes of lobsters, flamingos, and lemony yellow circles, and a music store’s worth... Continue Reading →
Live Show Review: Banditos
I always think of East Nashville as the Music City’s melting pot of artistic talent. Nashville is where you see a punk rocker, a gospel singer, and a country legend walk into a bar…and it’s not the beginning of a corny joke. Often, the musical influences remain separate; an indie rock concert here, a country... Continue Reading →
Off The Stage: JD McPherson
For most casual fans of music, the forty-five minutes that a band spends on the stage is all they can see. However, when the guitar cases are closed and the venue’s floor is littered with empty beer cans and trash, most bands load their gear into the van and return back to their normal lives.... Continue Reading →
Premiere: “Calling California” by Ross Livermore
Nashville-based rockicana artist Ross Livermore knows what it means to work hard; raised in blue-collar Peabody, Massachusetts in a house that doubled as an architecture firm and a hair salon, Livermore was inspired by his parents’ entrepreneurial spirit. He learned early on that “if you practice, put the time in and are honest with yourself,... Continue Reading →
Interview: Super Doppler
“Sand is really difficult to walk in, and it’s kind of aimless. Whenever you’re walking on the beach it’s like you’re waiting for your food to ready or something like that. It gets to a point where you slow down, you look at each other and say, ‘You just wanna walk back?’ If you’re at... Continue Reading →
Premiere: “Just Couldn’t Shake the Thought of Losing You” by JR Atkins
Brooklyn-based rockicana artist JR Atkins will release his debut EP, Never Far From Lost, on May 1st; the heartfelt EP finds the young songwriter and his powerful band exploring memories of loss, abandoning self-control, and living with grief in the wake of tragedy. Atkins, who lost his mother in the summer of 2012 when he... Continue Reading →
Album Review: Wilderado – Latigo EP
On July 22nd, Los Angeles-based band Wilderado (formerly Bird Dog) will release Latigo, their brand new four-song EP via IAMSOUND Records that was mixed and recorded in the band’s own studio, set up in a dilapidated house in Latigo Canyon in Malibu, California—a location that had a palpable and obvious influence on the sonic landscape... Continue Reading →